Acupuncture
What is Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) takes a holistic approach to understanding normal function of the body. Dating back thousands of years, traditional Chinese medicine has several components to prevent and treat disruption within your health. Treatments performed by Performance Sport and Spine include
Acupuncture is the most often practiced component of traditional Chinese medicine that has been shown to control pain and aid in healing. Acupuncture helps to treat:
- Joint and muscle pain
- Back and neck pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Migraine and other headaches
- Sinusitis
Cupping Therapy
Cupping therapy involves placing special cups on the skin to create gentle suction.
This process helps loosen tight tissues, improve blood flow, encourage new vessel formation, and enhance oxygen delivery to the treated area. The result is reduced tension, improved mobility, and faster recovery.
Biomedical Acupuncture
Biomedical acupuncture aka Integrative systemic dry needling is a type of acupuncture that utilizes a more Western medical approach focusing on anatomy, physiology, histology, and neurology on point selection to achieve optimal health benefits.
Biomedical Acupuncture achieves similar benefits to TCM Acupuncture, but it uses different diagnostic criteria that combines laboratory research and practical clinical research and is derived from traditions dating 300 years of Western science and 2,500 years of Chinese observation and practice. Biomedical acupuncture helps to relieve chronic pain.
